Patents by Inventor David Bradley Short

David Bradley Short has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Scanner drive system
    Publication number: 20040012823
    Abstract: A drive system for an optical imaging head assembly of a scanner includes a rack having a toothed surface and a guide surface, a pinion engaged with the toothed surface of the rack, and at least one guide member contacting the guide surface of the rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2002
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Steven Wayne Hendrix, David Bradley Short
  • Combined printer/copier device having a pivotable scanner
    Patent number: 6462839
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing hardcopy documents includes a printer, a scanner pivotably connected to the printer, and a door, movable between an open position and a closed position, and associated with the. printer and scanner such that the scanner will pivot relative to the printer in response to movement of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventor: David Bradley Short
  • Light monitor window and method of using same
    Patent number: 6028681
    Abstract: A document scanner having a scanner carriage with an integrally formed light monitor window and tab provides a positive, reliable feedback path for adjusting digital image gain controls to provide a uniform digital image during and after an initial lamp warm up period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Michael S. Gray, David Bradley Short
  • Multifunction inkjet printer
    Patent number: D476029
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Developement Company, LP
    Inventors: Raymond Kuo-Sheng Lee, David Bradley Short